Teaching Hands-Only CPR in Schools: A Program Evaluation in San José, Costa Rica.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to heavy metals at contaminated industrial and mining sites, known also as hot spots, is a significant source of toxic exposure and adverse health outcomes in countries around the world. The Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP) developed by Pure Earth, a New York-based nongovernmental organizat...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Dowling R,Caravanos J,Grigsby P,Rivera A,Ericson B,Amoyaw-Osei Y,Akuffo B,Fuller R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As neonatal care improves in low-resource settings, more preterm or low birth weight (LBW) babies are surviving, but little is known about their long-term outcomes. Globally, preterm and/or LBW babies are at increased risk of mortality, malnutrition, and developmental delay. Objectives:We aim to describe th...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ahishakiye A,Abimana MC,Beck K,Miller AC,Betancourt TS,Magge H,Mutaganzwa C,Kirk CM

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is consensus among many medical school deans that exposure to human rights is a necessary component of physician training [78], however little is known about the impact of engagement in human rights programs on students' personal and professional development [1516171819202122232425262728]. Objective:T...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Schonholz SM,Edens MC,Epié AY,Kligler SK,Baranowski KA,Singer EK

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia has one of the lowest rates of facility delivery and is promoting birth preparedness among pregnant women through its community health services to increase the rate of institutional delivery and reduce maternal mortality. Observational studies of birth preparedness in Ethiopia have thus far only rep...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rosado C,Callaghan-Koru JA,Estifanos AS,Sheferaw E,Shay T,De Graft-Johnson J,Rawlins B,Gibson H,Baqui AH,Nonyane BAS

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In Peru, anemia has been a persistent health problem that is known to lead to irreversible cognitive and developmental deficits in children. The Peruvian government has recently made anemia a primary health concern by passing legislation in 2017 that makes anemia an intersectoral priority. This new legislati...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Berky AJ,Robie E,Ortiz EJ,Meyer JN,Hsu-Kim H,Pan WK

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Racial or ethnic health disparities have been evidently apparent during the apartheid era in South Africa. This study aims to assess ethnic health disparities in four elderly population groups. METHODS:Data for this study emanated from the 2008 study of "Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) wave 1" (N = 32...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Phaswana-Mafuya N,Peltzer K

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has accumulated that exposure to widespread environmental toxicants, such as heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and tobacco smoke adversely affect fetal development and organ maturation, even after birth. The developing immune and respiratory systems are more sensitive to environmental toxicants due...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Cao J,Xu X,Hylkema MN,Zeng EY,Sly PD,Suk WA,Bergman Å,Huo X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meeting health security capacity in sub-Saharan Africa will require strengthening existing health systems to prevent, detect, and respond to any threats to health. The purpose of this review was to examine the literature on health workforce, surveillance, and health governance issues for health systemsstreng...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ayanore MA,Amuna N,Aviisah M,Awolu A,Kipo-Sunyehzi DD,Mogre V,Ofori-Asenso R,Gmanyami JM,Kugbey N,Gyapong M

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence from the developed world associates higher prevalence of hypertension with lower socioeconomic status (SES). However, patterns of association are not as clear in Africa and other developing countries, with varying levels of socioeconomic development and epidemiological transition. Using wealth and e...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Osman S,Costanian C,Annan NB,Fouad FM,Jaffa M,Sibai AM

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking is recognized as a major preventable cause of disease worldwide and is linked to 6 million deaths annually, 30% of which are due to cancer. The negative health consequences of smoking currently represent one of the greatest global public health challenges. Additionally, secondhand smoke, which was decl...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Perez-Warnisher MT,Carballosa de Miguel MDP,Seijo LM

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Machalaba C,Romanelli C,Stoett P,Baum SE,Bouley TA,Daszak P,Karesh WB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lead is a neurotoxic metal potentially affecting the developing brain. Children are particularly susceptible since they can absorb between 50% and 100% of ingested lead. There is no safe level for lead, therefore preventing exposure is crucial. We previously reported a positive association between lead conce...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Tamayo-Ortiz M,Sanders AP,Rosa MJ,Wright RO,Amarasiriwardena C,Mercado-García A,Pantic I,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Téllez-Rojo MM

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) quantifies alcohol's disease burden. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is influenced by alcohol consumption per capita, duration, gender, ethnicity, and other comorbidities. In this study, we investigated the association between AAF/alcohol-related liver mortality and alco...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kröner PT,Mankal PK,Dalapathi V,Shroff K,Abed J,Kotler DP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Researchers across the world are emphasising the importance of hand-washing and limited touching of face to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, access to safe water and hygiene is inadequate in many places around the globe; hence T-zone touching restriction is considered more worthwhile compared to other p...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rahman J,Mumin J,Fakhruddin B

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Asians have specific characteristics of hypertension (HTN) and its relationship with cardiovascular disease. The morning surge in blood pressure (BP) in Asians is more extended, and the association slope between higher BP and the risk for cardiovascular events is steeper in this population than in whites. Thus, 24-hou...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kario K,Tomitani N,Matsumoto Y,Hamasaki H,Okawara Y,Kondo M,Nozue R,Yamagata H,Okura A,Hoshide S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although the incidence of cervical cancer has declined in developed countries, cervical cancer remains a major problem in those that are developing. Past studies suggest that Indian women, who account for at least one-fourth of the global disease burden, are not routinely screened. Objectives:Among the wome...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Reichheld A,Mukherjee PK,Rahman SM,David KV,Pricilla RA

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to contaminant mixtures in developing countries is an important public health issue. Children are identified as the most susceptible group to adverse health effects due to the exposure. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to conduct a screening for mixture pollutants in Mexican children in urban ma...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Flores-Ramírez R,Pérez-Vázquez FJ,Medellín-Garibay SE,Camacho Aldrete A,Vallejo-Pérez M,Díaz de León-Martínez L,Carrizales Yáñez L,Díaz-Barriga F

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Communication about climate change is critical in addressing the greatest public health challenge of our time. Public health professionals must convey the human implications of climate change and educating populations regarding climate change as a threat to the health and wellbeing of people globally. Effect...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ros AV,LaRocque R,Fortinsky R,Nicholas P

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:More than one billion people worldwide live with a disability, yet rehabilitation professionals are scarce in low- and middle-income countries. Attempts to expand access to rehabilitation services have encountered barriers on multiple levels: limited resources on the systemic level, hierarchies on the profes...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： AlHeresh R,Cahn PS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Waste from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, known as e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem. E-waste contains valuable materials that have an economic value when recycled. Unfortunately, the majority of e-waste is recycled in the unregulated informal sector and results in significant ri...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Perkins DN,Brune Drisse MN,Nxele T,Sly PD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Piece rate pay remains a common form of compensation in developing-world industries. While the piece rate may boost productivity, it has been shown to have unintended consequences for occupational safety and health, including increased accident and injury risk. OBJECTIVES:This paper explores the relationshi...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Davis ME

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Healthcare equipment funded by international partners is often not properly utilized in many developing countries due to low levels of awareness and a lack of expertise. A long-term on-site training program for laparoscopic surgery was established at a regional hospital in Ghana upon request of the Ghana Hea...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kang MJ,Apea-Kubi KB,Apea-Kubi KAK,Adoula NG,Odonkor JNN,Ogoe AK

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:UC San Diego Health System (UCSDHS) is an academic medical center and integrated care network in the US-Mexico border area of California contiguous to the Mexican Northern Baja region. The COVID-19 pandemic deeply influenced UCSDHS activities as new public health challenges increasingly related to high popul...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ramnath VR,Hill L,Schultz J,Mandel J,Smith A,Morris T,Holberg S,Horton LE,Malhotra A,Friedman LS

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The proposed viewpoint seems important at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the COVID-19 prevention strategies implemented in the population are based on medical paradigms that generate extremely deleterious social and environmental impacts. Using the occupational health and safety perspective - taking care ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Voirol C,Sader J,Audétat MC

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has one of the highest levels of perinatal mortality globally. However, there are sub-regional and country-specific disparities in its distribution. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to undertake a meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys to quantify perinatal mortality rat...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Akombi BJ,Renzaho AM

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mozambique is an emerging lower income country (LIC) on the southeast coast of Africa. There are significant workforce shortages in medical and health professions in the country. Mozambique was one of 12 countries in Africa that was awarded a grant through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Noormahomed EV,Mocumbi AO,Ismail M,Carrilho C,Patel S,Nguenha A,Badaro R,Bickler S,Benson CA,Schooley RT

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viral hepatitis B is a disease condition of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus, and it leads to complications such as cancer and cirrhosis. This poses an occupational hazard because about 66,000 health care workers get infected with the virus annually. Adequate knowledge and right attitude of health w...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Aniaku JK,Amedonu EK,Fusheini A

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chile has recently been reclassified by the World Bank from an upper-middle-income country to a high-income country. There has been great progress in the last 20 to 30 years in relation to air and water pollution in Chile. Yet after 25 years of unrestrained growth, there remain clear challenges posed by air ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Pino P,Iglesias V,Garreaud R,Cortés S,Canals M,Folch W,Burgos S,Levy K,Naeher LP,Steenland K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To identify and to measure entry level competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes, judgements) for nurses to practice safely and effectively in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Introduction:Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is a small sub-Saharan country between South Africa and Mozambique. There are four nursi...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Msibi G,Nkwanyana N,Kuebel H

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1977 the World Health Organization created its first Model List of Essential Medicines-a list designed to aid countries in determining which medicines to prioritize on their National Essential Medicines Lists. In classifying drugs as "essential," the World Health Organization has historically stressed dru...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Marks VA,Latham SR,Kishore SP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00